Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown